Maui News

More than 92% of University of Hawaiʻi students and 95% of UH employees of the 10-campus system have been vaccinated for the COVID-19 virus or plan to be, according to surveys administered in late June. In response, all 10 UH campuses will see dramatic increases in in-person instruction and on-campus activities this fall, with no restrictions on enrollment for the unvaccinated.

A woman from Wailuku, Maui is among the latest grand prize winners for the state Department of Health’s #HiGotVaccinated campaign.

One day after federal Judge Susan Oki Mollway issued an order requiring Maui County to get discharge permits for Lahaina injection wells under the Clean Water Act, Councilmember Kelly Takaya King said today she urges Mayor Michael P. Victorino to not appeal the decision.

State Representative Troy Hashimoto and Councilmember Yuki Lei Sugimura host the live roundtable from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, July 22, 2021.

“The law was passed before the global pandemic and the unforeseen impacts of COVID-19 must be considered. We must at the same time consider the intent of County Council, which unanimously passed this legislation, and the devastating impact single-use plastics have on the environment,” said Tamara Farnsworth, Division Manager with the County of Maui Department of Environmental Management, Environmental Protection & Sustainability Division.

Although international oil producers agreed on production levels earlier this week, gas prices in the state climbed higher faster during the past week with most regions seeing increases of three to four cents per gallon, according to the AAA Hawaiʻi Weekend Gas Watch.

The confirmed cases included: 95 on O‘ahu (-2 probable); 25 on Hawai‘i Island (+2 probable); seven on Maui; nine on Kaua‘i; one on Molokaʻi; and 10 in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state.

An 82-year-old woman who was struck by a vehicle while she was walking within a sidewalk on Mo’olu Circle in Waikapū last month, has since succumbed to injuries she sustained in the crash.

The US Navy announced this week that it will reevaluate the impacts of its testing and training exercises on endangered whales off Southern California and Hawaiʻi. The move comes in response to a notice of intent to sue from the Center for Biological Diversity, filed after two dead fin whales were found on the hull of a military destroyer in San Diego in May.

The Salvation Army Family Treatment Services is the recipient of a $148,755 Office of Hawaiian Affairs Community Grant to support the Native Hawaiian community.

The County of Maui Division of Motor Vehicles and Licensing will offer driver’s licensing and other DMVL services by appointment on two additional Saturdays, July 17 and July 31, from 8 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. at the Maui County Service Center office in Kahului. The service assists customers who have found it difficult to visit DMVL offices during normal weekday hours.

Felicia is expected to move into the Central Pacific Hurricane Center area of responsibility next Wednesday as a tropical storm.

ROCKSLIDE KAHEKILI HWY AT HONOKOHAU:6:15 p.m. July 14, 2021 Kahekili Hwy is closed at mile post 37 due to a rockslide. Maui Police are on scene and crews from the state Department of Transportation, Highways Division are responding to clean up the area.

The weight limit will be strictly enforced with traffic personnel stationed on both approaches of the bridge during the repair period.

Governor David Ige provided formal notification today that the eviction moratorium in Hawaiʻi will end when it expires on Aug. 6, 2021. The eviction moratorium has been in place since April 17, 2020.

The names of the remaining 53 individuals selected for grand prizes will be announced throughout the week, as winners are verified. More than 260,000 individuals registered for the chance to win prizes to date.

The confirmed cases included: 89 on O‘ahu (+2 probable); 18 on Hawai‘i Island (-1 probable); 15 on Maui (+7 probable); 14 on Kaua‘i; and 21 in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state (+1 probable).

State Senator Lynn DeCoite hosts a virtual town hall meeting TONIGHT starting at 4:30 p.m., with State and County leaders to discuss the traffic congestion on Hāna Highway and in East Maui.

All students at Hawaiʻi’s 257 public schools will receive free breakfast and lunch meals for the entirety of the 2021-22 school year, thanks to a nationwide waiver from the US Department of Agriculture.

The credit is the first in a series of monthly payments totaling about $65 million for Hawaiʻi families to help 257,000 children thrive.